Vaporizing machine



July 11, 1933. w HAMLET 1,917,712

VAPORIZING MACHINE Filed June 28, 1930 3 Sheets-Sheet l W 11v VENTO/r B y (2 fl A TTORNE y July 11, 1933. w. HAMLET VAPORIZING MACHINE Filed June 28 1930 3 Sheets-Sheet IN V EN T OR 2M 8 Y A 2 A TTOK 5 V July 11, 1933. w. HAMLET VAPORIZING MACHINE Filed June 28, 1930 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Arm/Hwy Patented .luly 11, 1933 UNiTED STATES PATENT oFFiea VJELLARD IiAfE /ILET, OF BALTIMORE, IVIARYLAND, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO JQHN L.

WVHITEHURST, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND VAPORIZING MACHIN E Application filed June 28,

The present invention relates to an improved form of machine or apparatus particularly adaptable to the purpose of giving vapor treatments to the face and scalp.

fine of th important objects of the present invention is to provide a machine or apparatus, whereby the hood portion of the machine is rotatable for the specific purpose of rendering the machine more adaptable to the object of giving either vapor treatments to the face or scalpportions of the head.

Another important object of the present invention is to provide a machine as described above having a sealed chamber or container therein for generating heated vapor, except for the opening which leads to the vapor distributor, thus preventing any undue loss of said. vapor or misdirected seepage of same to parts of. the apparatus other than where the same is needed and useful.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide means whereby condensed vapor that is introduced into the above mentioned hood member of the machine, will be trapped.

Another object is to providemeans on said hood member, whereby the condensed vapor trapped therein, will not be spilled When the hood member is rotated.

Another important object of the invention is to provide continuous trapping means about the hood member for the condensed vapor, for the purpose of enabling the trapping of the condensed vapor at any rotated position of the hood member.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide means within the heated vapor compartment, in which the head por tions of the patient are presented, for introducing said heated vapor in a manner and direction as to prevent injury or burning of the skin, together with a substantially perfeet distribution of the heated vapor in said chamber.

Another object and important feature of the invention is to provide means whereby the invention is readily adaptable to the dry ing of the scalp, with cold air, preheated air, or vaporized air, or the various combinations 1930; Serial No. 464,674.

of same such as preheated air with the introduction therein of heated vapor, particularly for the purpose of preventing the skin of the scalp from cracking due to becoming too dry, as is the usual thing in the present commercial type of dryer.

in the accompanying drawings I have illustrated an apparatus or machine particularly adaptable to the treatment of the face, hair and scalp, embodying the various features of my invention in their preferred form.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the invention shown as being mounted on a movable stand.

Figure 2 is a rear elevation of the same with the lower portion of the mounting stand being broken away.

Figure 3 is a sectional View of the inven tion taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1, looking in the direction of the arrows, the view being somewhat fragmentary.

Figure 4 is a view in side elevation of the invention, of a sufiicient' scale as to clearly disclose the inner structure of same in dot ted lines.

Figure 5 is fragmentary sectional View on the line 5-5 of Figure 4, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 6 is a front elevation of the machine proper disclosing particularly thevapor distributor head and the removable inner cover or wallmember.

Figure 7 is a similar view to Figure 6, with the inner wall or cover removed disclosing the sealed container, wherein the heated vapor is generated, and the location of the fan structure.

, Figure 8 is a sectional view taken on the line 8-8 of Figure 6, disclosing the structural relation between the flanged portions of the rotatable hood. removable inner cover or wall and the outer casing of the invent-ion.

Figure 9 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 9 9 of Figure 7, on an on larged scale.

Figure 10 is a sectional view taken on the line 1010 of Figure 9, disclosing the means for locking the rotatable hood member in operable position.

Referring to the drawings by numerals,

each of which refers to the same or similar parts in the different figures, the invention consists of a cylindrical shaped casing 1, that may e mounted for convenience to the upright movable stand member 2 by means of the bracket 3 and its depending shank or rod 1. which in turn may be held in fixed position to the stand member 2 by means of the thumb screw 5.

For purposes of creating a forced draft of air through the machine, the purpose of which will be hereinafter described, the bracket 3 has mounted thereon, a motor 6 and fan member 7, which is fixed to the armature shaft of the motor 6. This motor may be held in fixed relation to the bracket 3 by means of the bolt and butterfly nut 8. The opening 9, formed in the back of the casing 1, may be covered, as shown, by means of screening 10, for purposes of protection against the moving fan member and also to prevent foreign objects and matter from being drawn into the inner portions of the machine, due to the suction of the rotating fan member 7.

On the opposite or front end of the machine is rotatably mounted a cylindrical shaped hood member 11. having extending fixed rivets 12 distributed about its outer peripheral edge 14, for the purpose of mount- .ing thereon a fabric hood member 15. which may be fastened to head as desired, depending on the character of treatment the patient is to receive. This fabric hood structure is well known and fully disclosed in my Patent Number 1,650,270, issued November 22, 1927. Mounted within the cylindrical shaped and rotatable hood member 11, is a removable cover or partition 16, having a rearwardly extending flange 17, which engages the inner surfaces of the flange 18 on the rotatable hood member 11. For purposes of facilitating the removal of the partition or cover 16, the same is provided with a thumb and finger knob 19. The cover or partition 16 is cut away or slotted at 20, see particularly Figure 6, for the purpose of straddling the vapor pipe 21. Thus the cylindrical hood 11, in combination with the partition 16 and the fabric hood 15, when the same is properly positioned on the head, forms together therewith a substantially closed chamber in which heated vapor is introduced with great efficiency. For purposes of allowing the patient to breathe fresh air while receiving a facial treatment, the cylindrical hood 11 is provided with an opening 22, through which one end of a tube may be inserted while the opposite end of which is in the patients mouth. This feature is well known and fully disclosed in my patent, Number 1,650,-'

For the purposes of giving greater facility, efficiency and adaptation to the operation of treating the hair and scalp the cylindrical hood 11 is rotated 180 degrees, which causes it to assume the position as shown in fine dotted lines in Figure 4. Thus the extended portion 24 of the hood 11 is placed in an upper inverted position, forming a. rigid canopy over the back of the head and hair of the patient, and thus preventing any leakage of the heated vapor from the vapor chamber formed by the hood; and causing the same to properly come into contact with the hair and scalp of the patient. For purposes of enabling the rotating of the hood 11, the same is slidably and frictionally engaged to the cylindrical casing flange 25, by means of its rearwardly extending flange 18. Thus it may be readily seen that it is a mere matter of manual effort on the part of the operator to rotate the hood 11 to its desired rotated position. For purposes of locking or fixing the hood 11 in either of its two operative positions, that is, for a facial treatment or a hair and scalp treatment, the hood member 11 is provided with two diametrically opposed depressed or recessed portions 26 and 27, which are engaged by the eccentric locking member 28, carried on the casing flange 25, see particularly Figures 9 and 10, by means of brackets 29 and rivet 30. The eccentric locking member 28 may carry a handle 31 for purposes of throwing the lock into and out of engagement with either of the depressions 26 or 27.

Due to the fact there is a certain amount of water which accumulates within the hood member 11, due to the action of condensation of the heated vapor, provision must be made to care for this water. For this purpose the circumferential tray 32, in the form of an out wardly extending circumferential gutter is formed about the cylindrical hood 11. Thus it may be readily seen that an accumulation of condensated vapor will tend to remain in the circumferential trap or gutter 32, even while the hood is being rotated to a changed position. Thus a very undesirable feature of this type of apparatus is efiiciently overcome.

For purposes of providing heated vapor, to be introduced into the hood chamber 33, a closed water container 34 is provided, and positioned within the machine casing 1, by means of the inverted U-shaped strap bracket 35, which may be fixed to the casing by means of the rivets 36. At the back end 37 of the container 34 is an' electric heating coil 38, for the purpose of heating the water 39 within the container and thus generating a sufiicient amount of heated vapor for the necessary application of the same tothe face, hair or scalp. For purposes of keeping a sufiicicrit supply of water in the container, the glass funnel shaped member 10 is provided, a pipe 41 connects this funnel with the underside of in -u the container at 42, see Figure 3. The glass funnel is so positioned as to the desired level of water inside the container 34 as to act as a gauge and also prevents the operator from inadvertently filling the container too full, as the excess supply of water will overflowthe funnel 40 before it is possible to increase the level of the water in the container to an undesired point. The vapor outlet pipe 21 is connected to the front of the container at 43, which, as shown, is above the level of the water usually maintained in the container. This vapor pipe 21 carries at its forward end, the vapor distributor head 14, which has vapor outlet openings 45 at each end thereof, for the purpose of enabling the introduction of the heated vapor into the hood chamber 33, in a direction that is substantially at right angles to the axis of the hood for the purpose of getting a more efficient and even distribution of the vapor as well as preventing the heated vapor from coming directly into con tact with the patients skin, as has been provcn in actual practice with the commercial product. As will be seen, particularly in Figure 5, this vapor distributor head 44 is wholly within the vapor chamber 33. It Will-be also noted that the vapor pipe 21 is on an a agle wnich leads in a downwardly direction towards the container 34, and that the openings 45 in the distributor head are placed-at the upper portion of the head. This structure is for the purpose of preventing the condensed vapor, which forms within the distributor head 44 and the pipe 21, from escaping or running into the hood vapor chamber 33, but instead causes this condensed vapor to return to the container to be converted back again into vapor. Thus the vapor pipe and its distributor head are always open and free from any accumulation of water, which would tend to cause the system to stop up.

For purposes of drying the hair, the machine has been provided with the motor operated fan member 7. which sends a forced draft of air directly through the machine to the hood vapor chamber 33, when the partition or cover 16 has been properly removed, as hereii'ibefore explained. To preheat this air for initial drying two independent electrio heating coils :6 and l have been provided and fastencn within the machine at a point directly in the path of the forced draft from the fan 7, by means of insulated brackets as, which may be held to the casing l by means of rivets as. Due to the position of the vapor istributor head l i being directly in the path of the preheated forced draft, a certain amount of predetermined vapor may be introduced to the heated air which strikes the hair and scalp of the patient, thus drying the hair and scalp in a natural manner with the required amount of moisture or vapor in the drying preventing the hair from drying to a point where it becomes brittle and tends to split and break, and also preventing the scalp from drying in a like manner, causing the skin of the scalp to crack. By the introduction of vapor to the scalp and hair while the same is being dried, the hair is 'aused to assume a high natural luster and remains soft and pliable when dry, whereas the scalp portion of the head assumes a natural softness and looseness in relation to the patients skull immediately underlying the scalp, thus doing away with the 'well known tight and cracking scalp due to drying the hair without sufficient moisture.

A switch box 50 having a plurality of manually operated switches 51 has been provided, together with the source of electric supply wire 52 leading thereto, for purposes of controlling the various electrical operated units that go to make up the structure in any desired combination.

I have thus described my invention specif- 1C1 lly and in detail, however the terms uerein are not to be construed and defined in their limiting sense, but the scope of the invention is defined in the claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is: V 1. In a machine particularly adaptable to the purpose of and having means therein for giving heated vapor treatments to the face having a cylindrical shaped front member, rotatably'mounted in said machine, and cooperative means on said machine and rotatable front member for positioning said memher in fixed relation to said machine 2. A machine particularly adaptable to giving heated vapor treatments to the face, hair and scalp, having means therein for creating said heated vapor, and having'a rotatable cylindrical shaped front member adaptable for positioning therein either the facial or scalp portion of the head for the purpose of administering vapor treatments thereto.

3. In combination with a machine particu larly adaptable for giving vapor treatments to either the face or scalp and having means therein for same, of a rotatable hood member having means for trapping the condensation from said vapor.

4. In combination with a machine having means therein for particularly adapting same to the giving of hot vapor treatments to either the facial or scalp portions of the head, of a rotatable hood member having co-operative interlocking means for positioning same in fixed relation to said machine, and a continuous condensation trap about said hood member, as and for the purpose as hereinbefore described.

5. In a machine particularly adaptable to and having means therein for giving hot vapor treatments to either the facial or scalp portions of the head, having a rotatable hood thereon, a condensation trap on said hood,

means for interlocking said hood to said machine, means for attaching a scalp or facial covering to said hood, and an air vent in said hood through which a breathing tube is inserted when the hood is in its rotated position for giving vapor treatments to the facial portions of the head.

6. In a machine, adaptable to giving hot vapor treatments to the scalp and facial portions of the head, a hood member attached thereto having a lower extending circular portion thereon rendering the machine particularly adaptable to giving facial treatmcnts, and means allowing for the rotation of said extended portion to an inverted upper position, rendering the machine particularly adaptable to giving vapor treatments to the scalp portions of the head as and for the purpose as hereinbefore described.

7. In a machine adapt-able to treatment of the face and scalp with vapor, having a rotatable hood thereon, a removable back wall within said hood, said hood and back wall structure forming a chamber, means for introducing heated vapor within said chamber,

in which the face is placed for the purpose of having the same treated by heated vapor.

S. In a machine adaptable to treatment of the face and scalp portions of the head having a rotatable hood, means on said hood for attaching either a face or scalp covering of fabric, a removable back wall Within said hood, said rotatable hood, its back wall, and fabric face and scalp covering forming a substantially closed chamber when the fabric covering is attached to the head, means for introducing heated vapor within said substantially closed chamber, for the purpose of vapor treating either the face or scalp portions of the head.

9. In a machine adaptable to treatment of the face and scalp portions of the head, having a rotatable hood member thereon, means on said hood for attaching either a face 01' scalp covering of fabric, a removable back wall within said hood, said hood, fabric covering and back wall forming a substantially closed chamber into which vapor is introduced, means within said machine for preheating said vapor, and means for introducing said preheated vapor within said chamher at right angles to the axis of the hood member for purposes of preventing the undue burning of the exposed parts of the face or scalp.

10. In a facial treatment machine having a hood or chamber thereon in which the face is positioned, means for delivering preheated vapor to said chamber or hood structure, for the purpose of vapor treating the face, a removable back wall in said chamber, means for allowing the rotatin of said hood memher to a position adapta le to giving greater facility totreatment of the hair and scalp with the preheated vapor.

In testimony whereof he hereunto afiixcs his signature.

' WILLARD HAMLET. 

